This retrospective examines how the World Bank's strategic use of climate-related trust funds has enabled it to play an outsized role in catalyzing climate action worldwide for nearly 30 years. By looking back at the history of climate and carbon finance, with a focus on the pioneering role of...

This report examines the system of residential electricity subsidies in Pakistan, and explores how it can be improved to better assist households within the existing political and budgetary constraints. The report is multi-disciplinary in nature, drawing on specially commissioned analysis of...

[...] Die vorliegende explorative Studie wurde von der Bertelsmann Stiftung initiiert. Unsere Absicht war es, Argumente für eine Berücksichtigung des europäischen Mehrwerts als Entscheidungskriterium zu sammeln, indem wir die Einsparungen und Verluste genau beziffern, die Ausgaben auf...